It is curious that while good people go to great lengths to spare their children from suffering, few of them seem to notice that the one (and only) g… - David Benatar

The question is not whether humans will become extinct, but rather when they will. If the anti-natalist arguments are correct, it would be better, all things being equal, if this happened sooner rather than later for, the sooner it happens, the more suffering and misfortune will be avoided.

It is these very conditions that facilitate the emergence of new infectious diseases and that also inflict horrific harms on animals — being kept in confined conditions and then butchered. Simply put, the coronavirus pandemic is a result of our gross maltreatment of animals.

On my view there is no net benefit to coming into existence and thus coming into existence is never worth its costs.